My new business cards

The front of my cards have the ladies of Progressive Farm and my contact information.  

The back. Each back has a different plant and the information about how and when to grow the seeds that are included. Also there is a QR code that you can scan from you smart phone or other device that directs you to my blog with all the growing information and support needed. 

It's a seed packet for sharing.

Now I'm motivated to add more to this blog! Yeah for motivation! Contact me if you want me to send you a card. 

gdesigns.innovation@gmail.com

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Urban Farming 

Green Things 

Modular Urban Farming

Companies like  Podponics, FreightFarms, and Growtainer  convert shipping containers into  modular green houses. One shipping container (40, 48, of 53 feet long) can grow the same amount of food as an acre of traditional agriculture, grown in an open field.





Podponics 


Freight Farms


Growtainers

AGRITECTURE
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http://www.agri-tecture.com

City-Symbiosis

Building Relationships with People, Food, and Nature

Integrated Agriculture

This is my conceptual image of a sustainable urban environment.

Inspirational images. 

ABSTRACT

As our resources are depleted, cities expand and housing developments replace farmland, the ability to grow more food sustainable and seamlessly integrate into our urban space becomes critically necessary. Urban Integrated agriculture can achieve a variety of community-building skills, improved nutrition, and increased food security. By implementing Urban integrated agriculture in Buffalo, New York it will reconnect people with a sustainable food system and will be a leader for a  new model for an urban food system.

This thesis attempts to use vacant buildings and land to  create an urban integrated agricultural center. This multi- functional center creates a sustainable food system educational programs, and new markets. This prototype will be integrated into the community and be located with-in a food desert, given direct accessibility to its patrons.  It also analyzes  food disparities  urban sprawl and the effects it has on our cities, like Buffalo. By placing food production in local hands and by teaching people the value of  urban agriculture, waste recycling, and how to grow and sell crops, it can be the link to the revitalization of a new urban environment.

The integration of food production into the city is crucial to the existence of humanity. It will not only transform the industry as we know it but it will also forever change the way we characterize an urban identity.

For the past two years I have been compiling a ton of information on farming and sustainability  through research and experimentation. I currently am in my final semester of college (Yeah) and will now be dedicating more time to my farm and more time to share information to you.

My Light Bulb

When I first became aware that my simple gardening in the backyard had significance was when I stood in the grocery store wide eyed, gazing at prime real estate voided of all edible delights. Instead strategically placed white laminated signs ready to withstand the abuse of hungry consumers reading, " Due to unusually cold temperatures and unpredictable weather, we would like to apologise for the shortage of produce." I couldn't believe it all the months of research ( writhing a dissertation on the integration of agriculture into the urban environment) had hit home; we DO really have a food crises not just in some far off land that we'll never see (or view form the various forms of media that we endlessly produce from the comforts of a plush couch or fancy office) but right in our own community. Since then I watched carefully as I gauged the prices, quality, and quantity from various parts of the city and there is a big discrepancy amongst the income strata. As populations increase and resources become more and more limited what are we as a human race willing to pay or should I say can afford to pay?  I have envisioned myself as a noble visionary ready to step foot into the future while embracing the past. I trust that the rest of the army (farmers) will follow suit when they feel it is time. I have decided to share my journey in urban farming to ensure that others could be motivated to embrace productive landscaping and welcome incorporating agriculture into our cities as it has been in historic times.

自然農法 = Natural Farming